Deck 20: The European Middle Ages, C 800-1500

Question 1

Which of the following would be considered a member of the bourgeoisie?

A)doctor
B)Bishop
C)merchant
D)lawyer
E)All of the options are correct

Answer 1

All of the options are correct

Question 2

What changed for serfs after the Black Death?

A)None of them survived.
B)They were freed by their lords.
C)Their dues were removed.
D)Their treatment by the lords improved considerably since they could bargain for better working conditions.
E)They no longer were obligated legally to their lords, although they could commit themselves to him if they chose.

Answer 2

Their treatment by the lords improved considerably since they could bargain for better working conditions.

Question 3

The university founded at Bologna was celebrated mainly as a school of

A)law.
B)intercollegiate sports.
C)medicine.
D)theology.
E)philosophy.

Answer 3

law.

Question 4

What was the only true source of wealth for the nobility during the Middle Ages?

A)A plentiful supply of gold.
B)Holding hereditary rank.
C)Earning their wealth through trade.
D)Land ownership.
E)Church donations.

Question 5

What was the purpose of the medieval guild system?

A)The guilds allowed urban workers to attain noble status.
B)It restricted competition for urban workers.
C)It was more important in the countryside.
D)It was the most important institution for serfs.
E)The guild insured a fief was controlled by a vassal.

Question 6

European Jews lived segregated from the Christian majority. What were their relatively small urban areas called?

A)Dens of iniquity.
B)Financial districts.
C)Public squares.
D)Suburbs.
E)Ghettos.

Question 7

The university and its interest in Greek works were taken from which of the following societies?

A)Central Asian
B)East Asian
C)Catholic
D)Muslim
E)Buddhist

Question 8

All of the following explain the revival of cities in Europe EXCEPT

A)increased agricultural production.
B)large number of serfs.
C)peaceful environment.
D)increased trade.
E)All of the options contributed to the revival of cities.

Question 9

Before the 12^th century, monks and nuns were usually taken from the

A)younger offspring of the aristocracy.
B)large families produced by the peasantry.
C)scandal-ridden members of the nobility.
D)already diminutive middle class.
E)better educated members of the community.

Question 10

The Inquisition conducted by parts of the Catholic Church was at its harshest in

A)France.
B)Spain.
C)England.
D)the Netherlands.
E)Germany.

Question 11

What was the greatest scandal of the Fourth Crusade?

A)The crusaders lost Jerusalem to the Muslims.
B)It resulted in the occupation of the Christian city of Constantinople by Crusaders.
C)The Fourth Crusade led to a war with the Spanish.
D)It deteriorated into a quest for wealth and power and multiple lawsuits.
E)It hurt the reputation of Christians across the Muslim world.

Question 12

What was one of the contributions the Crusades helped bring to Europe?

A)Higher levels of chaos.
B)Complete social upheaval.
C)More instability
D)Higher levels of peace
E)A crime wave that went on for centuries.

Question 13

What was the most common source of the rights of the European nobility?

A)The conquests in which they had participated.
B)The legal writs that had been chartered hundreds of years before.
C)The royal patents given by monarchs to the chosen few.
D)The church documents detailing family histories.
E)The purchase of titles by the wealthy.

Question 14

The medieval clergy, especially monks and nuns,

A)were for the most part money-hungry.
B)gained a reputation of unconcern for their parishioners.
C)too often became obsessed with investments and rents.
D)owned much of their country's best land.
E)did a tremendous amount of good works in their own communities.

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the situation of serfs in Europe during the Middle Ages?

A)They were bound by law to a particular place, but they could change occupations with the approval of their noble.
B)Dues and taxes to the lord were set by tradition, but these were occasionally renegotiated.
C)Laws governing serfdom were written, even though most serfs could not read them.
D)Most serfs owned a small strip of land that might be able to produce enough food for their individual families.
E)Serfdom, unlike slavery, seldom became hereditary.

Question 16

After 1000 C.E., what led to the virtual disappearance of slavery in Europe?

A)The expenses associated with keeping slaves.
B)The Crusades into the Middle East.
C)The disapproval of slavery by the Christian Church.
D)The changes in climate that made keeping slaves unnecessary.
E)The changing labor needs caused by more people moving to urban areas.

Question 17

Which of the following was expected of noblewomen?

A)Establishing businesses and overseas trade.
B)Refuse to remarry if a widow.
C)Running the government as monarch if the male heir is less capable.
D)Bearing children.
E)Both A and D.

Question 18

Which of the following contributed to the improvement of medieval agriculture?

A)the steel-tipped plow
B)chemical fertilizers
C)the padded horse collar
D)turnip animal fodder
E)crop rotation

Question 19

One of the most important aspects of any noble's life was

A)his choice of wife.
B)wealth.
C)courage.
D)honor.
E)his religious life.

Question 20

The Benedictine monks of the Middle Ages were known for which of the following?

A)They left their monasteries to witness to the poor in foreign lands.
B)The belonged to the largest religious order in all of Europe.
C)The Benedictines competed with the Jesuits for territory.
D)They were skilled at wine making, through which they made large amounts of money.
E)The Benedictines made and kept their vows of silence.

Question 21

Which of the following statements was not true of Gothic architecture?

A)Churches were constructed in a completely new style, with arches, buttresses, space, and light.
B)Most cathedrals became a physical means of teaching those who were illiterate.
C)The great cathedrals usually took from 100 to 150 years to complete, which meant that multiple generations had to be dedicated to the process.
D)Artists and craftsmen usually used the cathedrals to express their own personal faith.
E)Towns often competed to see which of them could build the grandest cathedral.

Question 22

What was the first important literary work created in English?

A)The Domesday Book.
B)The Divine Comedy.
C)Summa Theologica.
D)Canterbury Tales.
E)The Charter of Lorris.

Question 23

The abbey church of St. Denis is the first notable example of the ____________________ style.

Question 24

A significant contribution to the economic revival in Europe came as the church enforced the ____________________, which reduced random violence by seeking to protect non-combatants like women, clergy, and peasants.

Question 25

What were some of the architectural features found in Gothic architecture?

A)Very few windows.
B)The use of arches and vaulting.
C)Long but low buildings.
D)Flat post and lintel doorways.
E)Austerity and little decoration.

Question 26

The educated, status-conscious people in towns (such as merchants and doctors)were known as the ____________________.

Question 27

The study of Classical pagan authors in Western Europe came mainly through the work done by

A)Frederick Barbarossa.
B)the Seljuk Turks.
C)Jews in France.
D)the Italian popes.
E)Muslims in Spain.

Question 28

A(n)____________________ was a person to which some form of feudal service was owed.

Question 29

The Investiture Controversy had to do with

A)the emperor's alleged right to select bishops.
B)the election of the Pope.
C)the church's disapproval of feudal warfare.
D)the Pope's alleged right to crown emperors.
E)the Church's right to formulate civil laws.

Question 30

In his ____________________, St. Thomas Aquinas attempted to prove God's existence through Classical arguments.

Question 31

The large cathedrals were paid for

A)by monarchs.
B)through taxation.
C)by the Vatican.
D)through donations of time and labor.
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 32

The patron saint of France is ____________________.

Question 33

After assuming the throne in France, Philip II Augustus

A)was assassinated by two of his rivals.
B)set out to unify the country while empowering the monarchy.
C)acceded to the wishes of his nobles for more autonomy.
D)found himself unable to handle the unruly French aristocracy.
E)began to model his government after that of England.

Question 34

The greatest Christian teacher of the 12^th and 13^th centuries was ____________________.

Question 35

Recent interpretations of the Hundred Years War have stressed ____________________ factors.

Question 36

What would be the most accurate description of the Domesday Book ?

A)It was a definitive law code.
B)It served as a guide to religious prayer.
C)It was a royal census.
D)It was a farmers' guide.
E)It provided a history of the Crusades.

Question 37

The main reason the literature of Dante Alighieri and Geoffrey Chaucer is significant is because of which of the following?

A)Latin was no longer the preferred language of the educated.
B)They represent the educated who were underappreciated in their own time.
C)Education in Latin was clearly reinforced in their writings.
D)The Church engaged in serious reforms after their publication.
E)None of the options are correct.

Question 38

Land that had to remain unplowed and unseeded until the soil recovered its nutrients was termed ____________________ land.

Question 39

Most of the work on Medieval European manors was performed by ____________________.

Question 40

Frederick Barbarossa failed in his attempt to unify the Germans in large part because of

A)Austria.
B)Italy.
C)France.
D)Russia.
E)the Mediterranean.

Question 41

Term for identification: Hundred Years' War

Question 42

Term for identification: Innocent III

Question 43

Compare and contrast the religious experiences of England, France and German in the Middle Ages. Consider the influences of the popes, schisms in the church, and eventual resolution (or lack of resolution)of some of the church's issues.

Question 44

Term for identification: St. Francis of Assisi

Question 45

Term for identification: Black Death

Question 46

What is meant by the Medieval "economic revival"? What developments led to this resurgence?

Question 47

Discuss the cultural achievements of Medieval Europe.

Question 48

Term for identification: Thomas Aquinas

Question 49

Discuss the impact of the disasters of the Fourteenth Century in Europe. Include the Little Ice Age, the Black Death, and the Hundred Years' War.

Question 50

Term for identification: Frederick Barbarossa

Question 51

Term for identification: Investiture Controversy

Question 52

Term for identification: Dante Alighieri

Question 53

Term for identification: demesne

Question 54

Describe monastic life in middle ages and challenges that new orders faced.

Question 55

Describe the life of a serf on a feudal manor. How would you characterize the lot of the medieval peasantry? Compare the lives of serfs to those of the nobility.

Question 56

Term for identification: Great Schism